{"id":1950470,"date":"2023-06-18T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T19:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-republican-presidential-debate-pledge-is-a-useless-idea\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T19:54:44","slug":"christie-says-republican-presidential-debate-pledge-is-a-useless-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-republican-presidential-debate-pledge-is-a-useless-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie deems GOP debate pledge useless."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristie-says-republican-presidential-debate-pledge-is-a-useless-idea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>12:40 PM \u2013 Sunday, June 18, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>On Sunday, 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie called it a \u201cuseless idea\u201d to have GOP candidates sign a commitment to support the party\u2019s eventual nominee in order to participate in primary debates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only in the era of Donald Trump that you need somebody to sign something on a pledge. So I think it\u2019s a bad idea,\u201d the former New Jersey governor told the press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie, who launched his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-republican-presidential-debate-pledge-is-a-useless-idea\/\" title=\"Christie deems GOP debate pledge useless.\">presidential campaign earlier<\/a> this month, stated that he had spoken directly to RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. \u201cSo this is not the first time she\u2019s hearing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTo be up on the stage to try to save my party and save my country from going down the road of being led by three-time loser Donald Trump,\u201d Christie said, asserting that Trump lost the House in 2018, as well as the White House and Senate in 2020, and that he was also responsible for \u201cthe worst midterm performance we have seen in a long, long time\u201d in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take the pledge in 2024 just as seriously as\u00a0Donald Trump took it in 2016,\u201d\u00a0Christie said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a discussion in Cleveland in 2015, Trump, as a contender, did not rule out running for president as an independent. He eventually agreed to support the party\u2019s eventual nominee and not run as a third-party candidate if he did not win the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel has consistently advocated for needing a so-called loyalty pledge in order to participate in Republican debates, telling CNN on Friday that it was a \u201cno-brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOnce it\u2019s all done and the dust is settled and you\u2019ve made your best case, if the voters choose someone else, then you need to get behind who the voters chose and make sure we beat Joe Biden,\u201d McDaniel said. \u201cWe can\u2019t have division. We can\u2019t have people who get on the debate stage who are going to come out and say, \u2018I\u2019m not going to support the eventual nominee.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The commitment has been supported by the majority of the Republican primary field, including former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, whose campaign had tried to alter the pledge previously.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou have to make the pledge based on the fact that Donald Trump is not going to be our nominee, and you\u2019re confident of it. Therefore, you can sign a statement saying you\u2019re going to support the nominee of the party. I\u2019m not going to, you know, support, just like other voters are not going to support somebody for president who is under indictment,\u201d Hutchinson told media outlets on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Republican National Committee confirmed earlier this month that the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-and-joe-biden-caused-the-border-crisis\/\" title=\"How Democrats And Joe Biden Caused The Border Crisis\">presidential primary debate<\/a> will be held on August 23<sup>rd<\/sup> in Milwaukee. Qualifying candidates must get at least 1% in three national polls, or a combination of national polls plus a poll from one of the RNC\u2019s early-voting states.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates will also be required to have \u201ca minimum of 40,000 unique donors to the candidate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-releases-2024-debate-criteria-as-questions-about-trumps-attendance-loom\/\" title=\"RNC sets 2024 debate rules amid Trump attendance doubts.\">principal presidential campaign committee<\/a> (or exploratory committee), with at least 200 unique donors per state or territory in 20+ states and\/or territories,\u201d the RNC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After Bill Gates met with China\u2019s Xi Jinping, Antony Blinken\u2019s meeting comes amid rising tensions and China\u2019s plans to spy on the U.S. from Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California proposes taking so-called affirmation of a child\u2019s gender identity into account in child custody disputes. Here\u2019s One America\u2019s Sam Valk with more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled with major headlines in the US and around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has more in our Week in Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Guggenheim Baseball Management, which owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, is going ahead with their salute to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Meta Platforms said on Friday services on its social media apps Facebook and Instagram were restored, more than two hours after\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Microsoft, which is seeking to buy games giant Activision, faces two legal fights in coming weeks with U.S. antitrust enforcers\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. affiliate of crypto giant Binance has carried out a round of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie criticized the idea of GOP candidates signing a commitment to support the party&#8217;s nominee for primary debates, calling it &#8220;useless.&#8221; He believes this concept is only relevant in the current political climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":1950471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[13127,7905,3896,17325,6203,5500],"class_list":["post-1950470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-useless","tag-christie","tag-debate","tag-deems","tag-gop","tag-pledge"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}